by David Edwards | Dec 21, 2019 | Asset Protection, Business or Farm, Divorce Risks, Estate Tax, For Your Business, For Your Kids, Kids' Inheritance, Marriage & Remarriage, Tax, Wills and Trusts
We often use life insurance as a tool in helping clients. Life insurance is important in many estate-planning situations, such as the following: Young families. Life insurance can help raise the kids and get them through college if a young parent dies unexpectedly....
by David Edwards | Oct 11, 2016 | Business or Farm, Cost of Poor Planning, Divorce Risks, Kids' Inheritance, Marriage & Remarriage, Tax, Wills and Trusts
Don’t be caught with an out of date will. Keep the 3 L’s of estate planning in mind. You’ve finally finished creating your will with your attorney – congratulations! It’s a big undertaking. You’re probably thinking it’s time...
by David Edwards | Sep 20, 2016 | Asset Organization, Asset Protection, Business or Farm, Cost of Poor Planning, Divorce Risks, Kids' Inheritance, Lawsuits and Creditor Risks, Marriage & Remarriage
When the rules are in writing, you have to follow them. Unless you’re the NFL. I am a St. Louis Rams fan. Loyal from the time they arrived in St. Louis after failing to get a new stadium in Los Angeles. Like all Rams fans, I was really upset when they left St....
by David Edwards | Mar 8, 2016 | Asset Protection, Business or Farm, Funding and Asset Titling, Kids' Inheritance, Wills and Trusts
Big changes in your life may require updates in your estate plan. What kind of big changes? And what should you do about it? Didn’t win the lottery?? That’s okay. Can you imagine how much life changes after something like that? The good news is, if...
by David Edwards | Feb 17, 2014 | Aging Parents, Asset Protection, Business or Farm, Do you need a lawyer?, Grandchildren, Kids' Inheritance, Nursing Home, Power of Attorney, Special Needs, Wills and Trusts
Bailey has noticed that I talk to other cars a lot when I’m driving. When someone’s being slow I might say, “Come on out there, buddy, pull right out there.” Or “come on, you can do it,” when they hesitate just a little too long...
by David Edwards | Oct 7, 2013 | Aging Parents, Asset Protection, Business or Farm, Cost of Poor Planning, Divorce Risks, Family Farm, For Your Business, For Your Kids, Grandchildren, Kids' Inheritance, Lawsuits and Creditor Risks, Marriage & Remarriage, Nursing Home, Wills and Trusts
What a Child’s Game Can Teach us About Planning… In our house, the “Down Low, Too Slow” game is very popular. It goes like this: Give me five (hand slap) Way up high (another hand slap) Down low (pull hand away before it can get slapped) Too...